Hearing: Expand failed rent control to marina, mobile homes

HB 3504 would extend rent control to manufactured homes, mobile home parks and marina houses.
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

In 2019, Oregon passed rent control.  Rents spiked.  The number of available rental units dropped which also drove up price.   The number of new rental units being constructed also dropped (15 year low in Portland).

It was a disaster.

Now the Legislature had hearings on HB 3504 which would expand this failed rent control experiment to marina homes and mobile home parks.

HB 3504 reads, “This Act limits rent increases and sales constraints by a landlord in a home park or marina. Reduces maximum rent increases for rental spaces in a facility to match changes to the consumer price index. Limits to 10 percent the maximum increase in rent paid by the purchaser of a dwelling or home in a facility. Prohibits a landlord from requiring aesthetic improvements or inter- nal inspections as conditions of sale of a dwelling or home in a facility. Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study water, sewer and septic systems of facilities and to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing by September 15, 2026.”

HB 3504 is sponsored by Representative MARSH, Senators GOLDEN, CAMPOS, Representatives BOWMAN, NERON, Senators TAYLOR, WOODS; Representatives FRAGALA, HARTMAN, HELM, NATHANSON, VALDERRAMA, Senators FREDERICK, JAMA, PHAM K